Gas-producer.



PATENTED JULY 7, 1908.

W. B. HUGHE S. GAS PRODUCER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. s, 1900.

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PATENTED JULY '7, 1908. W. B. HUGHES. GAS PRODUCER. APPLIOATIION FILEDSEPT. 12, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM B. HUGHES OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

i GAS-PRODUCER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed-8eptcmber 8, 1906.Serial No. 333,782.

Patented July '7, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B HUGHES, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, and State ofOhio, have invented certain Imrovements in-GasProducers, of which theollowing is a specification.

This-invention is av gas roducer of simplified construction provi ing anefficient and durablev mechanism at a low cost.

In the accompanying drawings,'Figure 1 represents a vertical sectionalview of the invention; Fig. 2 represents a plan view of the base withthe body removed, and Fig. 3 represents a plan view of the twyer plate.

As shown in the drawi n s, the roducer has a concrete base 1 in w 'ch isormed a channel 2 for holdin water to form a seal,

r the dome 3 central y disposed and rising above the channel to providefor a blast passage'4 formed therein and the piers.5

' .plate 7.

' by which fuel is introduced.v Rising the bottom-ofithe basin 19 arethe tubular.

walls 25 Z'poke holes opening through '1] having thereon a flange 18- enwhich rise above the generaLlevel of the channel wall andextend intothe-channel to (provide sup orts for the producer body the ash ho der. Aplate ring 6 resting of the dome 3 sup orts "a twyer his late hastheepressed portions 8 forming earings through which pass the anchor, bolts9 into the concrete, the cen trally disposed core or deflector10'extendin downwardly intothe blast oglelning' 4, an the perforations11 through w 'ch the'open spaces 12 between the bearings 8 the blast. is

on the to delivered. The piers 5 support. the ring .13

from the bottom thereof through the open- 22 in the cover. The'parts 21support ings h00d$323 and the valve mechanisms 24 the from Y the holes26 in the cover, theseopenings being covered by the removable hoods 27.A pipe 28 rovides means for introducing water to t e basin 19 forcooling the same. A blower mechanism 29, is embedded in the base 1 andcommunicates-with the blast opening 4, through which the blast isinjected by way of the twyer plate, distributing it to the fuel whlch issu ported thereby and by the ashes contained 1n the water sealed holderand .the channel beneath it. The gas roduced is carried oil" through theusual out et 30.

The asheswhich pass through the holder .can be withdrawn from the openchannel the latter very readily, since the only -obstructions theretoare the piers which occupy an inconsiderable portion of the channelsouter wall. Having described my invention, I claim:.+

1. A as producer having a body, a blast passage leading thereto, and adevice with a downwardly extending part and a laterally extending partfor diyiding and spreading the blast, said laterally'extending partbeing above said downwardly extending part.

2. A gas producer comprisin an artificial stone base containing a channeand having an artificial stone dome rising above the eneral levelthereof, in combination wit a plate. having a central depending portionand alaterallyextending portion or portions for dividing and spreadingthe blast.

i 3. Ages producer comprising a.basecontaining a curved channel and adome having a passage within said channel, a deflector supported by saiddome above said passage, said'deflect'or having a downwardly extendingconical part and wings extending laterally therefrom to divide andspread the blast issu ing. through said passage,

and abody suported by said base above said dome,

said

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name this 5th day ofSeptember, 1906, in the presence of the subscribing witnesses.

WM. B. HUGHEs.

Witnesses:

ELI S. SANnnRsoN,

.Enw. J Frslmn.

body having a part depending into said chann

